14 celebrity autobiographies that are pretty much guaranteed to make you laugh

This amusing memoir is a behind the scenes look at how Adam Hills became a sensation on British television after first performing stand-up aged 18 at the Sydney Comedy Store.

Along the way, there's many a giggleworthy celebrity encounter: the time he went to a Prince concert with British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, making friends with Whoopi Goldberg, and while a newbie, receiving advice from Scottish comedy legend Billy Connolly ("A lot of comedians will tell you to get a stable job, but I won't. There should be more comedians in the world and less soldiers.")

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Hilarious and unapologetic, Mindy Kaling tells it like in this thoroughly entertaining autobiography.

She takes us through her journey from being the daughter of immigrant parents to the highest echelons of Hollywood, without flinching in confidence.

Fans of "The Office" will love the inside scoop on what it was like to write for and film, but the appeal really lies in her extra personality.

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With a title as facetious as the book itself, journalist Stuart Heritage invites the reader into his family life — specifically the lifelong rivalry between himself and his younger brother Pete.

Enjoying the role of the unreliable narrator, he retraces their fraught dynamics from childhood to their present day as family men. The stories are achingly funny, both in the way they're crafted and as they're oh-so-relatable arguments. But it's clear that underneath it all, they love each other, really.

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A key boundary-breaker of today's generation, Tina Fey recounts her days in authority positions on "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock" in her best-selling memoir, released back in 2011.

It delves into her route to become the most renowned TV writer in the US, and it wouldn't be Fey's style to play it straight. "Confidence is 10 per cent hard work and 90 per cent delusion," she opines.

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Best known as Jez from "Peep Show," actor Robert Webb looks back at his childhood as the pampered youngest in a middle-class family. His irreverent observations, both about himself and those around him, make for an entertaining memoir.

In addition to revealing more about himself, it shows the pressures that boys face from an early age, and the effect it has if the mould doesn't quite fit.

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"How to be Champion" is life advice that captures Sarah Millican's comedic essence in prose: it's doled out using herself as the example, and completely free of pomp.

The memoir weaves from her school life to her desk jobs to divorce, all with her droll, down-to-earth humor. Handily, each bite-sized chapter — from "Moving Back in with my Parents" and "Not Drinking" — ends with a summary on how to be champion. And she should know.

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Stand-up comedian, writer, and "Trainwreck" actor Amy Schumer is known for her bold humor — and that's found in spades in "The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo."

As well as her memoir, it's a lesson in how to grow in confidence. Mostly, it's crammed full of anecdotes and jokes.

In a section for her funeral instructions, she writes: "The boyfriends and girlfriends of Amy Schumer's friends are only permitted to attend if she liked them. In order to qualify for this status, they must be kind and loving to said friends exactly all the time. If they are ever not nice to said friends, they must stay five (5) football fields away from the funeral."

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There's plenty of comedic material to be mined from Romesh Ranganathan's early life. Growing up in the London suburb of Crawley, he dabbled with a career as a rapper (unsuccessfully) and math teacher (more successfully) before becoming a comedy sensation.

With all the wit we'd expect from this sharp-shooter, it's a giggleworthy read, balanced with honest, poignant moments too.

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It's not often that NHS junior doctors have the time to tell the tales of the wild and wacky things they encounter in a day's work. So Adam Kay's not-so-secret diaries give us a rare and hilarious insight into treating a breadth of patients and problems.

But be warned: as well as tickling our funny bone, the former doc touches on the tougher aspects of working in the NHS, too.

Thanks to the success of the book, released in 2017, Adam Kay released a follow-up, "Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas," and he's adapting his debut for a BBC series.

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Biography and biology aren't the most obvious pairing, but they intersect in "Animal," the first non-fiction book from panel show favorite Sara Pascoe.

Using her own life as a backdrop, it looks at how evolution is responsible for women's bodies and relationships. But fear ye not — it's the polar opposite of a dull lecture. Her sense of the absurd and admissions of her own hang-ups make this a laugh-out-loud read, and an insightful one to boot.

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The story of a Wolverhampton girl with a low income and high aspirations who moves to London to become one of NME's youngest writers is riveting in and of itself. But told with journalist Caitlin Moran's trademark self-deprecating wit, there's rarely a dull moment in its 322 riotous pages.

All too readable in one sitting, it's also full of nuggets of wisdom for women — and useful insights for guys, too.

The book was the inspiration for the TV series "Raised by Wolves."

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Best known for playing Ron Swanson in "Parks and Recreation," the affable Nick Offerman purveys his wit and wisdom in his book that draws in everything from the wife he adores (fellow actor Megan Mullally) and his love of pork ribs.

With his straight-faced humor, his musings show off his sensitive side and considerate outlook within society. But he's also a "man's man," which makes this ripe for a broad range of comedy lovers.

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It takes a high calibre of comedian to turn their chequered life into an uproariously funny biography, but Sarah Silverman manages it boldly — her childhood shame is even the title of the book.

Along the way, she references the death of her brother, her parents' divorce, and depression as a teenager — and just like her did-she-just-say-that style of TV comedy, you're left wondering if it's okay to laugh at the jokes. It might not win any new fans, but it's an insight for those that already are.

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Come for the dirt on Fisher's affair with Harrison Ford, and stay for the zingy, smart writing. "The Princess Diarist" might be the late, great Fischer's third and sadly final memoir, but there's plenty of entertainingly-told nuggets about her time as Princess Leia in "Star Wars."

Based on the diaries Fisher kept as a teenager, it explores her time on George Lucas's set for the seminal role that defined her for the rest of her all-too-short life. Crucially, through her knowing and droll humor, it shows there was far more to her than met the eye.

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